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A pandemic-era surge in online shopping is clogging city streets with freight vehicles. Here’s how cities can take them back.

A new analysis finds that streets take up about 18% of urban space in major U.S. counties. That’s $959 billion worth of land.

The outdoor dining set-ups many restaurants created due to COVID-19 restrictions took over 8,500 parking spots away from the city.

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So far, the message to motorists seems to be: C’mon back. But Philadelphia needs to retain the public space clawed back from the automobile during the pandemic.

Nearly final plan for E Street Greenway identifies how a current parking lane will be transformed into a linear park with playful amenities

Three-quarters of New York’s street space is dedicated to the movement and storage of vehicles. These renderings imagine what else that space could be used for.

Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s urban innovation organization, has announced the launch of Pebble, a vehicle sensor that’s designed to help manage parking in cities by providing real-time parking and curb availability data. Here’s how it works: Small spherical sensors are stuck to the ground on parking s…

The city's expansion of outdoor dining into the street helped restaurants lower indoor capacity, keep people safe and not lose customers through the pandemic.

The city found a way to ensure those tables placed in street parking spots can remain, even as it ends the COVID-19 state of emergency.

It’s a ‘step in the right direction’, some merchants say

We've priced parking too low for decades. As competition for the curb heats up, here's what needs to change

Downtown organizers are betting on a car-free Main Street to boost city life.

Yelp data shows greater consumer interest at restaurants on pedestrian-friendly “slow streets" that limited vehicle traffic during the pandemic.

Whose compromise? Our compromise!

As a popular dining destination faces city orders to rebuild a costly outdoor dining setup, advocates call for a clearer plan for opening up streets.

The city’s pilot project to provide street and municipal-lot parking spaces for carshare services was successful, and the program would be made permanent, the city’s Department of Transportation announced.   At Smith and Butler streets in Cobble Hill, the site of two on-street carshare spaces, on Earth Day, DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman announced the program would expand from 14 pilot …

Every weekday morning, a group of Auckland city commuters fight to claim one of 10 free car parks. How long can this 'secret oasis' last? "Do not write this story." Her eyes flare, her lips thin. Her warning gets sterner. "You're ruining their lives," she says. "Don't drag 'The Eye of Sauron' in

GUEST COLUMN BY WALTRAUT RITTER One of the oldest neighbourhoods in Hong Kong, characterised by relatively low-rise buildings, small lanes, and no through traffic, Tai Ping Shan (meaning “Peace Hil…

Union lobbies BC’s cities to offer free, short-term parking as demand for app couriers continue to grow.

City council approved an ordinance to allow restaurants to use parking meters as outdoor dining spaces.

Communities shouldn’t give back the street space that they reclaimed during the pandemic.

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CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper City Council have been discussing changes to parking rules and fees in recent weeks and appear to be steering toward an

Once an overlooked part of the urban landscape, the curb is now considered hot real estate in many cities. The demands of delivery services, ridesharing and micromobility have cities re-examining how they manage their assets.

The pandemic has brought substantial changes in how we see transportation. Big changes may be a'coming.

West Hartford is considering scrapping its decades-old ban on overnight parking on streets, a move that could have implications on housing policy and pedestrian safety as well as the convenience of some residents.

A major overhaul of Hennepin Avenue from the Walker Art Center to Lake Street would eliminate about 90% of curbside parking spots.

I am not proposing that we rid our streets of the ability to stop or park. What I am seeing, rather, is the need to adapt the way we utilize this scarce resource.

COVID-19 has underscored the value of parks and public spaces. A new survey shows that U.S. mayors have gotten the message, but post-pandemic plans for public spaces remain largely undefined.